NATHANIEL TAVAREZ'S DOCTORS ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS RECOVERY. HE'S THE 12 YEAR OLD BOY SHOT IN THE FACE AND NECK IN TUESDAY'S SHOOTING AT BERRENDO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ROSWELL. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ SAYS TAVAREZ IS HEAVILY SEDATED … ON A BREATHING MACHINE … AND STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
MARTINEZ SAYS DOCTORS AT THE LUBBOCK, TEXAS HOSPITAL WHERE HE'S BEING TREATED HAVE REPAIRED SLIGHT DAMAGE TO HIS HEART. HIS FACE IS POCK-MARKED FROM THE SHOTGUN PELLETS AND HIS EYES WERE ALSO INJURED.
WORD IS THE OTHER STUDENT INJURED … 13 YEAR OLD KENDALL SANDERS, MAY HAVE TO UNDERGO ANOTHER SURGERY. SHE AND TAVAREZ WITH THE ONLY ONES WHO SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES IN TUESDAY'S SCHOOL SHOOTING. A STAFF MEMBER AT THE SCHOOL SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.
SUSPECTED SHOOTER MASON CAMPBELL, ALSO 12. IS CHARGED AS A JUVENILE IN THE CASE.
